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25 June 2005 - Disability Rights Commission
launches ‘The Disability Debate’
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Disability Rights Commission launches ‘The Disability
Debate’
The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) has launched a major national debate
on the future of disabled people’s equality in Britain with its discussion
paper, ‘Shaping the Future of Equality’.
The debate asks how we can ensure that by the year 2020, Britain can be a place
where all disabled people are equal citizens – living active lives that are
fulfilling and rewarding for themselves and valued by others.
Bert Massie, Chairman of the DRC said ‘While massive progress has been made
since the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) first came onto the statute book
in 1995, there is still a long way to go to reaching this goal".
The Disability Debate seeks to identify and articulate the big priorities for
a new disability agenda and provide a roadmap for both the organisation which
will replace the DRC, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) and
for Government over the next 10-15 years.
Questions that will form part of the Disability Debate include:
- how can we ensure disabled people are safe and feel like they fully belong
in their communities?
- how can disabled people be equipped with the skills to play an active role
in society?
- how can we ensure that disabled people are in control of their own lives?
- how can we reform the welfare state so that it supports independence
rather than creating dependence?
People can read the papers and take part in the debate on-line at
www.disabilitydebate.org, listen to a summary of the paper and leave
comments on a local rate phone line 0845 333 0303, or order a copy of the paper
from the DRC Helpline on
Tel: 08457 622 633
Textphone: 08457 622 644
Quoting reference number: DRC35
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